Allegiant Air withdraws fleet MD-80

Allegiant Air withdraws entire fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-80

The low-cost airline Allegiant Air based at Las Vegas Airport has determined to drop the fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-80‘s aircraft. After the summer season that occupies much of the holiday travel, Allegiant Air is ready to remove the last block of McDonnell Douglas MD-80’s aircraft from its fleet.

The last flight of an Allegiant Air MD-83 took off joining Flint, Michigan, with Las Vegas on November 28, 2018. It arrived at Las Vegas Airport in the evening with a greeting of water cannons after the landing. The MD-80 fleet has connected small cities to world-class destinations in the United States for 16 years, but the low-cost airline is poised to simplify and move forward with its Airbus A319 and A320 fleet.

Allegiant Air standardizes fleet

The introduction of the Airbus A320 in the early 2000s has begun to see major airlines announce plans to withdraw fleets from airlines to the revered MD-80s. Allegiant used this time to buy the MD-80 at a better price and continued to operate short-to-mid-range non-stop routes in the United States at a lower cost to its customers. In 2002, Allegiant operated a fleet primarily of MD-80s that transported passengers from smaller cities to world-class leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach and Southern California. Drew Wells, Vice President of Revenue and Planning for Allegiant, said they have done the same with the Airbus A320 by standing, “true to our core values, being opportunistic and bringing in the right fleet and plane at the right price is there”.

TAKEOFF OF A McDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-83 OF LAS VEGAS

In 2012, Allegiant Air put into action a 10-year transition plan. The airline is now ready to withdraw its fleet of MD-80 in favor of the Airbus A320 ahead of schedule. Allegiant made the transition to the A320 faster than expected. The successful purchase of several used Airbus accelerated the retirement of the MD-80 until this year instead of its planned retirement in 2019. This caused some challenges for the airline: The technicians were taking the new airplane at a speed never seen before by Allegiant Air. Great offers and a surprising order of new Airbus A320s accelerated the process. Allegiant crews took 35 to 40 days to process each new aircraft. Making sure they have enough trained pilots ready for safe transportation, their new fleet has also pushed them. They anticipate being fully manned by March 2019. There was also a delay in receiving some of their new Airbus aircraft, forcing Allegiant to operate with 6 fewer aircraft.

As technology advances, oil and fuel costs fluctuate, and the economy changes, Allegiant Air always seeks to maintain a cost-effective means for air travel. The new Airbus fleet is significantly younger than the MD-80 and Allegiant Air is already seeing improvements in fleet reliability, network capabilities and revenue.

The MD-80 was designed and put into production in the 1970s and today the approach to maintaining these aircraft remains a major prognosis. La actualization al Airbus A320 viene una con modern maintenance platform, Skywise that garantizará un más el proactive approach to maintenance of her aircraft. They can better anticipate the maintenance needs of the aircraft, which means that the fleet of aircraft is more time flying through the skies of the United States.

The A320 family of aircraft is also more fuel-efficient by about 30% and has a better maximum take-off weight than the MD-80. This opens the door to new routes for Allegiant and a little more space for passengers. Allegiant Air currently owns a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (5), MD-82 (7), MD-83 (4), MD-88 (2). Currently only Delta Air Lines and American Airlines will continue flying the MD-80. American is scheduled to retire its MD-80 fleet in 2019 and Delta Air Lines in 2020.

After a year of hard work bringing the Airbus A320s and removing the MD-80’s, Allegiant Air expects an up-to-date, streamlined and streamlined fleet from 2019. In this way, it removes the majestic MD-80 from its fleet forever, the one that gave impulse to the airline. Thus, the history of McDonnell Douglas ends with the last flight of an MD-83 in Allegiant Air. A \ W

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